Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Imagine if you could be a fly on a wall and observe yourself.
When you attend meetings or staff training, or when you are at your
desk performing your role, what energy would you see yourself bringing
to work?

We don’t live in a perfect world and things could always be better. Most people get that.

Yet some people bring a downright energy-sapping vibe with them,
which follows them everywhere they go. Other people find them exhausting
to be around because they are constantly drawing energy from others so
that they can continue to generate their negative energy.

From my experience these people seem horribly unhappy, and it is as
if they want others to share their unhappiness. I feel sad for them that
they seem so unhappy. Yet it also appears as if they believe that their
unhappiness is everybody else’s fault and that they are stuck with no
other option but to keep turning up to this job with their negative
energy.

As the fly on the wall, do you think that these people have the right
to draw on the energy of others so that they can feed their negative
mindset? Life is hard enough for us all without having to constantly
manage some else’s negativity. Life is also an amazing gift, something
that I constantly remind myself about, especially given that I was born
the ninth of 11 children. I appreciate that in most families, number
nine was never born, so I recognise that I am lucky to be here and as
such I should fully embrace the good, the bad and the ugly that life has
to offer.

Maybe you don’t have to be the ninth born in your family to share that view of the world.

So, have a think. What energy do you bring to work? What energy would you like to bring?

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